The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-03-21
BRIEF JorTlNcs.

There were 80 arrests last week, of which
25 were for drunkenness.
Fifteen vessels will sail for the South this
week to engage in mackerel fishing.
The Partisan and Oregon are due here this
week.
Miss Wiley, employed by Shaw, Godng,&
Co., who was badly hurt by snow slide last
week, is improving.
Mr.. Charles Dyer of Spurwink, fractured
his leg while telling a tree last week. and
DIR. Warren set the bones.
Ancient Brothers Lodge will entertain
lodges from Biddeford and Auburn, April
18th.
April 18th is the date set for the Fraternity
Cadets drill at City Hail. Mr.. Elliott Mitch
ell is drilling them in Battalion drill.
The Sunday Times pertinently asks why
the clock on the First National Bank build
ing is not illuminated at night.
The lighthouse steamer Iris has been re-
paired by the Portland Company and Quinn
& Co., and gone eastward.
4 The Paint and Oil Club monthly meeting
and supper was enjoyed at the Preble House
Saturday night.
The value of exports was SITS, S45.75 last
week. Among the exports were 2,3l4 barrels
Of apples and 396,623 feet of lumber
Officers Firth and McDonough found the
- thieves and recovered pocket-book contain
ing $50, that had been stolen from sailor
Friday
The Haydns will hold their rehearsal in
Mechanics Hall tonight, and if the acoustic
properties of the hall prove satisfactory, the
society will lease the hall for term of years.
Mr.. John Chisholm has added printing
Office to his periodical store at 100 Congress
street, and will do job printing reasonably.
Mr.. Chisholm win do good work
The Y. w. C. 7. U. will hold a special
meeting with Mrs. Hall, No. 126 Pearl street,
today at 2.40 p. m, to sew for the May festival.
A full attendance is desired.
The last lecture in the NJ. E. and e. |.
course will be given Monday evening, March
2lst, by Hon. Charles F. Libby. Subject,
Organized Charities
The regular meeting of the Portland Soci-
ETY. of Natural History which would occur
this evening, has been necessarily post
poned.
Preparations are on foot for reunion of
Portland Fraternity members from the
years 1870 to 1880. The reunion will proba-
bly, be held some time within the next month
The members of the Ligonia Band and
their friends enjoyed pleasant sleigh ride
Saturday evening. A most excellent supper
was served by Landlord Dresser of the
Ocean House.
Thomas Goody, an engineer on the Grand
Trunk, early Friday morning, while in the
round house, fell into one of the pits be-
meath the track, cutting his head and sus-
tanning some bad bruises.
A party of about fifteen Masons will come
from Bangor to this city the sth or 9th of
April, to take advanced degrees, including
the thirty-second 1t will take two days for
the necessary exercises
We have received a copy of The annual adj
dress delivered Dec 9th, 1856, before the
Massachusetts Dental Society, on 1.-THE In
fluence of Culture upon Professional Skill"
by DIR. Thomas Fillebrown, d. M. D., NJ. d.
1t is very able paper
Mr. e. p. Jones, the signal observer says
THAT y84 tenths inches of snow fell in Port
land from Nov. LIST, 1885, to March 18th, 1887.
as follows: November, inch; December,
25.6; January, 24.S, February, 24o; March,
22.1 inches.
When the Cinnamon who are connected
with the Second Parish Sunday school heard
Of the injuries received in Pembroke by their
teacher, Mrs. Hannah Croker, they were
greatly distressed, and wished to send to her
skillful surgeon from Portland. They
were assured, however, that Mrs. Croker
would undoubtedly receive proper medical
attention from the local DOCTORS and they
were much relieved, but were not content
till they had expressed their sympathy by
sending purse Of money.